Quantic Dream – Heavy Rain arrives on Epic Games Store

Quantic Dream is poised to make a PC demo version of Heavy Rain available for free on the Epic Games Store.

The French developer announced: “Quantic Dream’s critically acclaimed psychological thriller Heavy Rain will be available tomorrow (24th May) at 16:00 BST for PC, exclusively on the Epic Games Store. Previous fans of the interactive drama will be able to experience the tension-filled storyline for the first time on PC, with impressive 4K graphics and a 60 FPS frame rate. Fans unfamiliar with the game will get to experience a game that was heralded by many as a groundbreaking achievement in gaming.”

Quantic Dream also set out what to expect from the PC demo version of the 2010 (then PlayStation 3-exclusive) game: “The demo will take around 45 minutes to complete and will follow the same format as the one initially launched for the PlayStation 3 release, albeit updated for PC. The demo featurestwo full chaptersfrom the game in which players will immerse themselves in the roles of:

Norman Jayden: an FBI profiler brought in to help local law enforcement find and capture the Origami Killer; Scott Shelby: A private investigator hired by families of past victims to bring their killer to justice.”

The full PC version of Heavy Rain will be released on June 24, priced at $19.99, followed by a demo PC version of Beyond: Two Souls on June 27; the full version of Beyond: Two Souls is scheduled for a July 22 release, with a Detroit: Become Human demo scheduled for: “Later this summer,” and the full game: “Launching for $39.99 later this fall.”

For more information on the forthcoming PC versions of Quantic Dream’s games, keep an eye on the company’s website.

Steve Boxer has been writing about videogames since the early 1990s. His first console was an Atari VCS, and he misspent most of his youth in the 1980s in the arcades. As well as for Green Man Gaming, he can be found writing for The Guardian, Empire, TechRadar and Pocket-Lint. He’s currently having trouble deciding whether his favourite console is his Xbox One X or his Switch, and plays a wide range of games, but especially RPGs (he loves a good JRPG) action-adventure titles, shooters of all descriptions and driving games. Follow him here.